Leaking oil cap

[carlos]

My oil cap (oil fill on the valve cover) is leaking oil. I've tried to tighten it down pretty tight with no success. I have also flipped the rubber seal gasket around to see if the other side (which is completely flat) seals better, but it still leaks a good amount. The gasket itself does not seem damaged at all.

Anybody else have this problem? Could there be a reason why it would be leak? I don't know much about PCV valves, but aren't they to relieve the air pressure under the valve cover? If it failed, could it lead to overpressure and a leaking oil cap? Just guessing at possibilities here, since it doesn't make much sense that a perfectly fine gasket leaks oil.

Thanks for any that can offer help.

 

[carlos]

Am I the only one with a leaking oil cap?

If I am, I guess I could just get a new one.

 

[Jim Frye]

Are you out of warranty????

If not, you paid for it, you might as well use it. Since no one else here has a leaker, yours must be unique. Since the leak could be symtomatic of something else, I'd be wanting a service tech. to have a look if it were my car. Jim